Moneysupermarket was among the participants in a $14.3m round for the cash deposit diversification service that also included VentureFounders and Kindred Capital.

Booking.com’s annual accelerator has chosen 10 finalists to join its third edition and they will receive monetary grants sized between $110,000 and $450,000.

Game producer Ubisoft has started accepting applications from entertainment services and blockchain-focused startups for its fourth accelerator scheme in France and a new location in Singapore.

Telecommunications firm KPN's corporate venturing vehicle joined the state-owned Tesi for a $16.1m round that boosted the IoT technology developer's total funding to nearly $25m.

Tesi and KPN Ventures joined Inventure and Vito Ventures for Tampere University-founded IoT connectivity spinout Wirepas's latest round, which brought its total to $24.6m.

René Pompl, formerly principal at Siemens’ Next47, has joined the corporate’s medical-focused Healthineers division as manager of venture technology.

Satt Aquitaine-founded TreeFrog has now raised $11.1m in equity and grant funding, having secured follow-on contributions from investors including the tech transfer office.

SoftBank Vision Fund is investing $800m in Greensill, a platform that provides working capital to businesses, at a reported $3.5bn valuation.

Bertelsmann has promoted Daulins Emilio, previously director of investments at Bertelsmann Brazil Investments, to lead the unit and the Corporate Centre in São Paulo.

The Optum-backed round was led by Leerink Transformation Partners and will fund the home medical test provider's international expansion plans.